Developers in Ivins have the Seeger Syndrome. For Pete’s sake, they’re hammering in the morning! They’re hammering in the evening! They’re hammering all over this city!
Ivins issued 100 to 150 residential permits a year between 2015 and 2018. Permit activity almost doubled after 2018, peaking in late 2021 at close to 300 permits for the year. Then permit activity fell dramatically in 2022, ending the year with only 136 permits issued.
But 2023 is a completely different story. This will be a record year for permits, with close to 500 issued. But few of those will be for future residents. Ivins will only issue about 60 singlefamily permits in 2023. The rest are multifamily, and most of those are for tourist accommodations, not apartments, condominiums, or townhomes for permanent residents.
Quite a change. Are developers hammering out a warning? Are they hammering out danger?
